I see. In that case, the link I tagged as [2] should be complementary to either the beginner's guide [0] or the installation guide [1]. I guess there's no easier or harder option, but yeah, they're different in a couple of aspects. Good luck, Bill! Best regards, Jonathan El 5/10/2015 11:19, "Bill Cunningham" <billcun@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> escribió: > Yes. The tarball that is called "bootstrap" It may be more or less > complicated than an ISO. Since I have a linux distro I thought it would be > easier. IDK though. > > Bill > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Jonathan Villatoro > To: arch-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Sent: Sunday, October 04, 2015 6:09 PM > Subject: Re: [arch-general] installing > > > El oct 4, 2015 2:37 PM, "Martti Kühne" <mysatyre@xxxxxxxxx> escribió: > > > > On Sun, Oct 4, 2015 at 10:34 PM, Bill Cunningham < > billcun@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > wrote: > > > Looks like a nice OS. I am running fedora. I have the tarball and > I'm having a little trouble. A directory called "root.x86_64" is created. > Do I want an ISO for a first time install? Or is the tarball complete and > OK? > > > By tarball, do you mean you downloaded the bootstrap image? [2] > > > What tarball? How's it named and where did you find it? > > Generally, you want the ISO and prepare the place where you would > > intend to install arch to [0] [1]. > Also this, if you meant the bootstrap tarball, please specify so > beforehand. Even though we're willing to help you, you need to be more > specific so we can understand what it is that you need help with. > > > [0] https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Beginners%27_guide > > [1] https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Installation_guide > > [2] > > https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Install_from_existing_Linux#From_a_host_running_another_Linux_distribution > > Best regards, > Jonathan >
